Carbureter.



0. DUGKER.

GARBUB-ETER APPLICATION FILED 511F128, 1909.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

' have invented certain new and useful Imand one tank has a glass gage 11, preferproyements in Carbureters, of which the folably the first tank. The connecting pipes lowing is a specification. 5' are themselves connected with a shunt My invention relates to carbureting air. pipe 12 in the manner shown with a. shut-off The object of my invention broadly is the valve 13 below the. shunt pipe. Pipe 5 has 10 production of a gas for illuminating and valve 13 below the shunt pipe and also above heating purposes, by passing atmospheric shunt pipe. Similar valves 1.3 are placed air through one or more hydrocarbon liquids in the shunt pipe.

so that the air is impregnated with carbon Each tank 6 is provided with a removable and becomes combustible. series of batlle plates 14: preferably carried 15 More specifically my invention relates to by a central support 15 as more specifically the production and arrangement of an apshown in Fig. 2. As the battle plates are aratus for the manufacture of such gas, secured to the support they may all be rewhich is cheaply constructed, rea'dily assemmoved at one and the same time should it bled and disassembled for repairs and one be found necessary to clean or repair one I 2 which produces a rich and thoroughly or more of them. The securing ofthe bafilel mixed gas of a very stable nature. plates to the support also obviates the neces- My invention is especially adapted for sity of providing the tank with baffle plateindividual houses and hotels, in cities as supporting means. The bafile plates 14 can well as in rural districts. It is also very be-made of gauze or perforated as shown in 25 eflicient on a more extended scale. It is Fig. 3. A pipe 16-leads from the last tank durable and simple, needing little attention into the gas. reservoir 17 which is made with or repairs. a sliding section provided with weight 18 The invention will best be understood by on top of section as shown and is fitted with the following description taken in conneca consumers pipe 19 for use. The reservoir 30 tion with the accompanying drawings, in .is preferably of limited capacity and the' which: 1 liquid used therein is one of the less inflam Figure 1 is a side elevation-of the apparamable hydrocarbons. tus, some of the parts being shown diagram- The operation is as follows: The pump matically and others in sections; Fig. 2 started, air is forced through the pipe 2 35 shows arrangement of battle plates, and Fig. and check valve 2 into the bottom of tank 3, the perforations in same. 3 u through the drying mixture in the In Fig. 1, 1 represents a pump an l is partition or basket 4:, into the upper porpreferably operated by a weight, not shown, tion of the air tank and out through pipe with the ordinary gearing, not shown, but 5 to bottom of the first tank where it is 40 it may be operated by hand. A pipe 2 profinely separated as it is forced through the vided with check valve 2 leads from the perforated plates 14 and becomes partially pump to the bottom of air tank. 3. The air saturated with hydro-carbon vapor from tank 3 may also be fitted with a perforated the liquid hydro-carbons in the tanks, then partition or basket 4. which in very damp in passing on through the other tanks until 45 climates may be filled with a suitable mixthoroughly saturated. after which it passes ture for drying the air as it passes through into the reservoir 17, which is just; large itto the upper part of the tank. I find a enough to give asteady pressure on the mixture of charcoal, soda and carbonate of main by means. of the weight 18. By calcium very good for the purpose, say one thusv finely dividing the air and subjecting 50 part each of the soda and carbonate of calitto a slow" and extended pressure through ciumto four of charcoal. The air tank 3 is the hydro-carbons, a very rich gas is proprovided with a pressure gage 20, to indicate 'duced. The function of the p1pe 7 is to the pressure in said tank. Pipe 5 leads to equalize the liquid 111 the tanks since the a. series of tanks 6, which are connected by liquid in the first tank is absorbed more 55 pipes 5, rapidly than that in the other tanks. In

ORLANDO DUCKER, 0F WASHINGTCN, EISTBICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE- FOURTH T0 FREDRICK E. LYKES, OF Til-MFA, FLORIDA.

CAEBURETER.

Application filed September 28, 1909. Serial No. 520,029.

bottoms are connected by pipes 7 each of which is fitted with cut-oif valves 8, and at least one tank has a drain valve 19 and all of them at top are fitted with filling caps 10 To all whom it Be it known citizen of the Washington, in

may concern:

that I, ORLANDO DUGKER,.21 United States, residing at the District of Columbia,

from topto bottom and at their Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

a through the filling or replenishing the tanks the normally closed valves 8 are opened and the hydrocarbon poured into any "one of the tanks through taps 10, whereupon the liquid seeks a common level through thepipes. A gage is carried by one of the tanks, preferably the first, to indicate the height of the liquid hydrocarbon. necessary to remove one of the tanks, for repair or otherwise the valves 13 in the two adjoining connecting pipes are closed. and the valve 13 in the'shunt pipe 12 shunting the tank is opened,

shunt pipe, tank may be removed.

With this apparatus a heating coil may be entirely done and fixed gas obtained. The omission of the heating coil and its burner greatly increases the efficiency of a a few burners are used at a time.

Having thus described my improvement, I claim,

after which the A carbureter comprising an air compressor, a gas reservoir, a plurality of tanks, a

Should it become so that the gas flows' away with and a very rich.

small plant where.

drier, a pipe establishing communication between the drier and the air compressor,

the tanks and the reservoir, a horizontal shunt pipe communicating with the vertical and horizontal pipes, valves mounted in the shunt pipe between the vertical pipes, another valve mounted in the shunt pipe between said horizontalpipe and the adjacent vertical pipe, valves mounted in saidfirst named vertical pipes below and above the shunt pipe, a valve mounted in said second named vertical pipe below the shunt pipe, and a valve mounted in said horizontal pipe between'the shunt pipe and the tank.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ORLANDO DUOKER. Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIccERs, DAVID R. WAGNER. 

